Welcome Note!

Welcome to Martwayne! Yes this site is about fashion - no excuses for that - BUT we will be talking about fashion from a different perspective... as a tool for business success!

Everyone loves to look good and yes, majority of us love fashion! But we all know that fashion goes wayyyyy beyond stitching and there is a lot more to "it" than mere sewing!

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"Fashion Beyond Stitches" will discuss how to turn your love for fashion into money-spinners, sharing knowledge, ideas and skills necessary to run successful fashion businesses.

Oh of course this blog will not be complete without our very own T.Williams ranting and raving about her personal challenges as a fashion entrepreneur in the Nigerian Fashion Industry. But don't worry, there are also happy days and all her personal stuff will be filed under the label "T.Williams".

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

"Building Business Structures for Your Clothing Line" - The Theme for FEC 7

Hello Everyone!!! Hope you've all had a great week so far! I know I have had quite a busy one trying to get this flyer out and yes! Done!

I am COMPLETELY excited about FEC 7!!! Why?! It is the very last in the Fashion Entrepreneurship Course Series. Wow! And WHAT an experience it has been. I have completely learnt a lot during the organization of the courses, the challenges, the running around and yes! I will miss all the stress that goes along with it but I will never trade the lessons learnt for anything! Though there is still sooooo much to learn, I guess we just have to cap it off at the number of completion - 7! (...or so they say...)

So what is FEC 7 about?! It's about the parts many creative entrepreneurs (including myself) run away from... the Accounting . Legal . Tax & Administration functions required to run successful fashion businesses. But as much as we would love to run away from it, we cannot avoid it. So it is vital we learn how to basically "put it all together" in order to run a successful and viable fashion business.

And this is where I bring all my KPMG experience into play. It is amazing what you learn in such an environment. I operated in so many areas from company secretarial duties to advisory opinions, to obviously tax compliance services... - even payroll services. Amazing what being in the Tax, Regulatory & People Services Unit of such a big firm can do to you.

So yes it will be a long but FUN day, 10am - 6pm, but well worth your while... Don't worry we are organizing some serious lunch! And from what I've heard about Tom Associates's lunch packages, it is like a serious PAR-TY!!! So please register early and claim your discounts so I can book your lunch.

And here's the information I plan to send out about the Course. As always, there are discounts available for eligible participants.

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Volume 7 of Martwayne’s Fashion Entrepreneurship Course is
the last Volume of the Fashion Entrepreneurship Course series. We have
come a long way, learning the creative, production and business aspects of
starting a clothing line and this month we will be discussing the corporate
structures necessary for building strong fashion businesses and in fact any
business organization.... basically putting it all together. And FEC 7 promises to be a packed one!

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About T.Williams-A

My name is Tope Williams-Adewunmi, a South African-trained fashion designer well versed in various areas of the fashion and beauty industry, its relationship with the business community and the business of fashion.
I run Martwayne, a fashion retail & training outfit set up to give people "Power Through Fashion"!
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My Notable Quotes & Extracts...

"There's nothing worse than loving what you do but not enjoying it" - Me! [T.Williams] :-D

"You are the You that makes You the You that You Are" -Unknown

"The plans of the diligent lead surely to plenty, But those of everyone who is hasty, surely to poverty" - Proverbs 21:5

"A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to rest; So shall your poverty come like a prowler, And your need like an armed man" -Proverbs 24: 33 - 34

"Focus is not important, but Push is (reinvention)... "the push" is the ability to get up every day, open up the shades, and push through all the things that make you want to go back to sleep... Just pushing forward to create a little more life inside yourself" - James Altucher

"A new flood is foretold. In five days the rain will be incessant, and the world will be wiped out.... The Chief Rabbi of Israel goes on TV and says, "We have five days to learn to live underwater!" - Extract from The Jewish Phenomenon by Steven Silbiger (page 25)

" I look at my earlier notes and I laugh. I thought I would start my research in January 2009 and launch in September 2009. I laugh really hard at this because it took three years in the end." - Suzan Wokabi; "Selling Beauty to Kenyans" in an article by Ventures Africa (21st July, 2013)

Some of my BEST work... in my opinion...

My Crystal Gala Outfit...

My Dark Onyx...

My Wedding Gown :-D

Click on the image to see more pictures...

Stunning Illustration! I call her "Mother Earth"...

Can't recall where I got this image from from it is absolutely stunning! Filled with lots of inspiration for a thousand collections!

Stunning Fashion Photos...

Ebony on America's Next Top Model (Cycle 9) : "The Girl Who is Afraid of Heights"

Another Stunning Photo...

Picture culled from the internet...(still trying to figure out where exactly I got the image from...)

Basic Accounting & Tax for Fashion Businesses

Designers Connect...

Testimonials on our Courses

But the testimonials and feedback we get make our work even more rewarding... :-)

From a student who attended only Level 1a before leaving for NYSC

Click on the link to see her work.

From a student who is almost done with the Foundation Course in Fashion Design

From a student after attending the very first session of the Foundation Course - a Rerun of FEC1

From a Level 2a student on the Foundation Course in Fashion Design

From a Level 1a student on the Foundation Course in Fashion Design

From a participant who attended all 7 Volumes of the FEC all the way from Portharcourt

More Training Center Testimonials...

"I just want to thank Miss Williams for the wonderful opportunity she gave us in the last 6 weeks. She gave us VALUE for our money! In my opinion, she did us a favour because what we paid was nothing compared to what we got. If you weren't a part of this course, I'd advise that you join the course starting on the 14th. Thank me later! :)" - Vicky Ash

"True!! We got a lot more than we paid for. You won't want to miss the next session" - S. Giwa

"I already own my fashion business. After attending just a class, I could see why I haven't expanded as I have always wanted. One never stops learning. A big thank you to Miss Tope Williams for sharing her knowledge" - F.Akinropo; CEO Hazellets